Our hearts were racing as we heard the radio broadcast of the countdown from the launch control officer thousands of feet away…
195 lbs of custom rocketry roared off the pad, with all five motors blazing.
Vern had a perfect flight. She flew straight as an arrow and softly deployed the massive parachutes at apogee.
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airspike 57 months ago | reply
Hey I rememer seeing that Saturn 5 at Midwest Power last year, I hear it's gonna be at NSL next year too.
ComputerHotline 50 months ago | reply
Thanks for licensing this image as CC "by" !
Your photo is uploaded here :
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under the terms of the Creative Commons "by" license.
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Seen on your photo stream. (?)
Archivist Llewellyn 46 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Apollo 11 40th Anniversary Celebrations Around the World, and we'd love to have this added to the group!